Key Facts at the end of June 2013
Wellington Region
This fact sheet defines the working-age population as aged 18–64 years, to reflect the
minimum age of entitlement to most benefits and the age of eligibility for New Zealand
Superannuation. All information in this fact sheet refers to working-age recipients of the
benefits concerned. Trends in numbers receiving main benefits are more reliably shown by
comparisons between the same quarter 12 months apart than by comparisons between
consecutive quarters.
All main benefits1
Numbers of working-age recipients of main benefits (aged 18–64 years), at the end of June
2008, at the end of June 2012, and at the end of June 2013, by service centre
Numbers of recipients who were registered in:
Jun-2008
Johnsonville
Kilbirnie
Lower Hutt
Naenae
Newtown
Porirua
Upper Hutt
Wainuiomata
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington East, Wellington North and
Wellington Super Centre
Number of working-age recipients (aged 18–64 years) of a main
benefit
Jun-2012
Jun-2013
1,248
1,699
2,333
3,011
1,826
4,618
2,213
1,278
1,509
1,990
2,922
3,571
1,826
5,530
2,594
1,741
1,539
1,939
2,540
3,565
1,863
5,290
2,545
1,777
1,963
2,241
2,189
20,189
23,924
23,247
Source: IAP, numbers of working-age recipients of main benefits at the end of June.
Note:
1
Numbers receiving a main benefit exclude the partners, spouses and dependents of recipients of a main benefit.
Includes Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Benefits – Hardship (includes Unemployment Benefits
– Student Hardship), Independent Youth Benefits, Youth Payments, Young Parent Payments, Domestic
Purposes Benefits – Sole Parent, Domestic Purposes Benefits – Care of Sick or Infirm, Domestic
Purposes Benefits – Women Alone, Sickness Benefits, Sickness Benefits – Hardship, Emergency
Maintenance Allowances, Invalid’s Benefits, Widow’s Benefits and Emergency Benefits. Youth Payments
and Young Parent Payments replaced Independent Youth Benefits from August 2012.
Centre for Social Research and Evaluation
Ministry of Social Development
Wellington Region Service Centre Fact Sheet
June 2013
Unemployment Benefit2
Numbers of working-age Unemployment Benefit recipients (aged 18–64 years), at the end
of June 2008, at the end of June 2012, and at the end of June 2013, by service centre
Numbers of recipients who were registered in:
Jun-2008
Johnsonville
Kilbirnie
Lower Hutt
Naenae
Newtown
Porirua
Upper Hutt
Wainuiomata
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington East, Wellington North and
Wellington Super Centre
Number of working-age Unemployment Benefit recipients (aged 18–
64 years)
Source:
Note:
2
Jun-2012
Jun-2013
175
110
308
305
374
513
225
157
143
354
705
599
388
784
448
408
348
331
503
703
321
972
358
455
303
426
572
2,470
4,255
4,563
IAP, numbers of working-age Unemployment Benefit recipients at the end of June.
Numbers receiving an Unemployment Benefit exclude the partners, spouses and dependents of Unemployment
Benefit recipients.
Includes Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Benefits – Hardship (excludes Unemployment
Benefits – Student Hardship).
Centre for Social Research and Evaluation
Ministry of Social Development
Wellington Region Service Centre Fact Sheet
June 2013
Domestic Purposes Benefit3
Numbers of working-age Domestic Purposes Benefit recipients (aged 18–64 years), at the
end of June 2008, at the end of June 2012, and at the end of June 2013, by service centre
Numbers of recipients who were registered in:
Jun-2008
Johnsonville
Kilbirnie
Lower Hutt
Naenae
Newtown
Porirua
Upper Hutt
Wainuiomata
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington East, Wellington North and
Wellington Super Centre
Number of working-age Domestic Purposes Benefit recipients (aged
18–64 years)
Source:
3
Jun-2012
Jun-2013
438
466
735
1,180
356
1,960
743
590
445
499
809
1,328
388
2,171
846
725
430
469
697
1,256
382
1,949
810
693
331
372
329
6,799
7,583
7,015
IAP, numbers of working-age Domestic Purposes Benefit recipients at the end of June.
Includes Domestic Purposes Benefits – Sole Parent, Domestic Purposes Benefits – Women Alone,
Domestic Purposes Benefits – Care of Sick or Infirm, and Emergency Maintenance Allowances.
Centre for Social Research and Evaluation
Ministry of Social Development
Wellington Region Service Centre Fact Sheet
June 2013
Sickness Benefit4
Numbers of working-age Sickness Benefit recipients (aged 18–64 years), at the end of
June 2008, at the end of June 2012, and at the end of June 2013, by service centre
Numbers of recipients who were registered in:
Jun-2008
Johnsonville
Kilbirnie
Lower Hutt
Naenae
Newtown
Porirua
Upper Hutt
Wainuiomata
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington East, Wellington North and
Wellington Super Centre
Number of working-age Sickness Benefit recipients (aged 18–64
years)
Source:
Note:
4
Jun-2012
Jun-2013
220
402
389
498
352
644
376
167
319
409
467
554
354
761
499
224
280
399
426
507
352
706
502
230
449
558
490
3,497
4,145
3,892
IAP, numbers of working-age Sickness Benefit recipients at the end of June.
Numbers receiving a Sickness Benefit exclude the partners, spouses and dependents of Sickness Benefit
recipients.
Includes Sickness Benefits and Sickness Benefits – Hardship.
Centre for Social Research and Evaluation
Ministry of Social Development
Wellington Region Service Centre Fact Sheet
June 2013
Invalid’s Benefit
Numbers of working-age Invalid’s Benefit recipients (aged 18–64 years), at the end of June
2008, at the end of June 2012, and at the end of June 2013, by service centre
Numbers of recipients who were registered in:
Jun-2008
Johnsonville
Kilbirnie
Lower Hutt
Naenae
Newtown
Porirua
Upper Hutt
Wainuiomata
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington East, Wellington North and
Wellington Super Centre
Number of working-age Invalid’s Benefit recipients (aged 18–64
years)
Source:
Note:
Jun-2012
Jun-2013
332
526
763
795
572
1,129
722
270
391
597
792
847
532
1,240
671
298
396
625
792
900
575
1,281
691
310
620
718
687
5,729
6,086
6,257
IAP, numbers of working-age Invalid’s Benefit recipients at the end of June.
Numbers receiving an Invalid’s Benefit exclude the partners, spouses and dependents of Invalid’s Benefit
recipients.
Centre for Social Research and Evaluation
Ministry of Social Development
Wellington Region Service Centre Fact Sheet
June 2013